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Greetings! Specimen found in Coshocton county, Ohio on a steep bank about 3 feet deep in grey clay. Trying to figure out not only ID, but also era, as time-frames don't seem to fit. It's a somewhat mysterious find from this geographic location. What this appears to me to be is a dinosaur egg, halfed, with a pretty well formed embryo exposed. There is definitely an obvious shell around the rounded end of the half egg. I'm basically a complete beginner in the world of fossils. Thanks for your time.
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Hello all. I recently engaged in my first fossil hunting expedition at the Caesar Creek Spillway in the Cincinnati region of Ohio. While most of what I collected I was able to (probably) positively identify as various Ordovician fauna, one specimen has stumped my lay understanding. I believe it to be a partial fossil, about 2.5cm by 1cm, apparently ovular in cross-section with fairly clear segmentation. From some image comparison I've done I was initially leaning towards it being a partial Cephalopod, however what I'm interpreting as a waisted section at one end is throwing me off. I'm not sure if is actual waisting or if it is just occlusion of the fossil by the surrounding material. Any and all insight is greatly appreciated!
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Not sure if you can help me, however I have found something that doesn't seem to belong here.... 20+ pound brick light green across the top and can see darker green inside through some cracks. Can anyone please let me know if you recognize what it is
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Hi there! I found this here in Central Ohio a few years ago. It's a fairly light rock. As you can see from the photos, it has a few different things going on with it (at least it seems they're separate but perhaps not?). I've searched quite a bit to try and figure out what this is. It appears to be the end of a tree branch or something but I can't seem to find anything that matches up with it so I'm hopeful you lovely people can assist! Thank you!
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This was found at a gravel pit in Northeast Ohio. 8" long, 2" diameter. Petrified wood? We have 0 knowledge on fossils so any info would be greatly appreciated!
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Hi, I found this bone while kayaking this summer on the riverbank of the Greater Miami River in Dayton, Ohio. I have no archaeological background so I hope this is a good place for help in this identification. The bone is 20 inches in length and very dense. Thanks for looking
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Hello everyone, I recently got this Ptyctodont tooth plate from a certain well known auction site and wanted to see if anyone here may know where I could get more info to identify it. I purchased this fossil for really cheap, I'm not sure why but I was the only person to bid on it, not sure if others just didn't recognize it, or nobody was interested. This plate is a large, at least in comparison to my two other 1 cm long Ptyctodus plates from Russia, and is labeled as coming from the Mid Devonian Silica Shale in Paulding OH. I took a look in my book on the Silica Shale and saw that quite a few of these fish are found there, I tried looking into the different genera further online but found few resources and nothing very helpful. If anyone knows what this may be more specifically or where to look for further info, I'd really appreciate it. Maybe @connorp or @jdp might know more about this? Thank you for looking, Misha
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Wow. This was one of my favorite hunts I’ve had in a long time. I’ve been looking for Paleozoic sharks teeth for a really long time, and have finally stumbled across them. I took a trip out to southeastern Ohio, and I’m not disappointed to say the least. These sites were really small, but I found a LOT of shark teeth, and fish fossils as well. Here’s the finds: Shark teeth: These sharks teeth are a lot smaller than the ones I find at home, but they’re a whole lot cooler since they’re new. This one is broken. This one’s a really nice sharks tooth. That’s probably one of my best from the day. Another broken Paleozoic sharks tooth. The first one I found. I think this is a fish tooth. Yeah this one’s super nice. Another awesome complete Paleozoic sharks tooth from southeastern Ohio. Biggest sharks tooth from this site. About a 1/4 inch big. What an awesome tooth! I think this is a tooth as well. I don’t know whether this is a tooth, or a vertebrae, buts it’s still awesome. All and all, today was a great day. I had fun collecting Paleozoic shark teeth, thank you Ohio!
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Hi I’m not knowledgeable in fossils, but I have quite a few I have found while mineral mining. I have come across my first bone fossil on one of our clubs private leases and wanted to share with you all to see if anyone could get me close to an ID. It was found on private property and is obvious it was pushed with glacial till in a creek in north central Ohio. We all usually find marine fossils and this one is not an ordinary find. Thank you all and enjoy the pics. David
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Hi! Could someone help me identify this fossil on a stone found on the shore of Lake Erie, Ohio? Forgot to picture it next to a coin but the rock is about the size of a nickel. First picture is one side, second picture is the other side, same stone.
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Need help identifying this pygidium. Is it Flexicalymene granulosa? Lower Miamitown. 3.5mm.
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I recently acquired this little lot of Ordovician fossils but the info I received was somewhat lacking and mixed up. I hate to ask this because I feel like I should have gotten all the info to begin with, and having not gotten it, I figured I would have no trouble piecing it together. I think I have gotten past the spelling mistakes and such but I am stuck at this point.... Could anyone check to see if the info I have on these is correct, and maybe narrow down the locations, and tell me which subspecies of Vinlandostrophia is which? I wouldn't be surprised if the original collector is a member here and might recognize the fossils and the cat #s... The info as I have it is as follows: 1. Snail: Cyclonema sp. (what species? is it known?) Richmondian, Liberty Fm SW Ohio (what location?) 2. Coral (encrusting a brachiopod): Protaraea sp. (what species? I'll try for closer shots if needed but I am lacking my good camera + macro lens) Richmondian (uppermost), Whitewater Fm. SE Indiana (what location?) 3. Coral, Grewingkia sp. (canadensis?) Richmondian, Whitewater Fm. SE Indiana (same location as 2, I assume) 4. Orthocone, Treptoceras sp. Cincinnatian: Edenian, Kope Fm. SW Ohio (what location?) 5. Brach, Hebertella occidentalis Cincinnatian: Maysvillian Mt. Auburn Fm (member of Grant Lake Fm?) N. Kentucky (what location?) 6 and 7 are Vinlandostrophia ponderosa, one is supposedly subspecies ponderosa and the other auburnensis but not sure which is which. The info I received had Bellevue as the formation for the auburnensis but I gather that subspecies only occurs in the Mt Auburn mbr, no? (Location, N. Kentucky) The V. ponderosa ponderosa is said to be from the Corryville Mbr of Grant Lake Fm, N. Kentucky. Here are the Vinlandostrophias from multiple angles:
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Hello, A while ago I bought this small crinoid piece labeled as "Gilbertocrinus sp." coming from Dent, Ohio. The main crown on the front is small at just over 2cm, and there is also one calyx on the backside. I suspect the genus is a typo for Gilbertsocrinus. However it does not resemble any Gilbertsocrinus I know, lacking tegmenal appendages and calyx spines. Instead I was told by a very knowledgeable collector that it resembles Pycnocrinus, an ordovician genus. More importantly, I was told that the locality of Dent, Ohio is Ordovician-aged, no Mississipian or even Devonian. So it seems the locality and ID I have for this is up in the air. Does the piece seem familiar or identifiable to any one? I'd appreciate any help, thank you.
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I have no experience identifying fossils/bones, but while hiking near the Olentangy River recently, in Franklin County, Ohio, USA, I noticed what appeared to be a "thumb" consisting of three bones that appeared to have recently been uncovered as the dirt and debris surrounding the area where I noticed it was slightly disturbed. I've taken a series of pictures of it, and it appears to be possibly a thumb-like appendage, but the end bone is triangular and somewhat resembles a shark tooth. Curious if anybody may be able to identify what these bones may belong to, as I haven't the slightest clue. I apologize if these photos don't have the correct measurements, but I can try and find another measuring tool and submit additional photos if required. Thank you.
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Another find from yesterday, it also was found in creek in Muskingum County, Ohio.
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Found in creek in muskingum county, Ohio. There are a few more in this particular rock. So if you see some and can help with identifying please feel free to do so. Thanks.
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Plant fossil found in Southeast Ohio's Jackson County, from 4/2/2022 in Sandstone in what I believe is lower Pennsylvanian
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This morning I drove from my hotel in Lawrenceburg, Indiana into Kentucky for a little collecting (more on that on a separate post), and then I driven into Cincinnati, Ohio to attend the Dry Dredgers GeoFair 2022. This is one show that I have always wanted to attend, but never had the time. This year it worked out well since I was stopping over to do some collecting on my way home from Sanibel Island. I arrived at the show at 10:00 am and there was a huge line waiting to get in, I would guesstimate 125+ people. The show was held at the Sharonville Convention Center and it runs Saturday and Sunday. Outside of the venue they have a few people selling things at the Swap Tables. I really do not know much about this, except they cannot take cash and you have to use tokens that are purchased inside to get the items. Once inside, the have to booths that are manned and they collect $10.00 per adult of $15.00 if you are going to visit both days. I do not know how much it is for children. Here are some pictures from the inside of the show. CONTINUED ON NEXT POST-
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I’m looking to get some info on this. Which I found in central Ohio.
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Snake heads, vertebrae and tails, please help me identify species?
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While playing outside with my grandkids I found what I thought were just fossils however discovered they’re snakes. I have quite a few pieces a lot with detailed markings but I’m not sure of species. There’s various sizes and I also found skins, tongues and teeth. Some still have stuff inside of the head. They’re also in different rock/mineral forms. I have many more of various colors, shapes and sized. Thanks for your help
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I found these in my flower beds around my house. I've been noticing some small little fossilized type sea shells that are really tiny in general. I've also found a few other items that I'm really curious about. The first item found looks like a tooth and I'm trying to figure out if it is or not as well as if it is indeed a tooth if it is something that is prehistoric. The other few pictures look like cylindrical rocks that are the same in size and shape. They each have an end on them that looks sort of like they've been clamped and it has a indentation on that end of the rock as well. However the interesting part is that the one that I found that was broke open has almost like a white hard substance on the inside. For the life of me I have researched this and can't figure out what it is. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.
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Hello, I've been recently fascinated by large isotelus trilobites. Does anyone on here own one and would like to show and talk about it, I would if I owned one but I don't see that happening anytime soon haha. This is the largest I've seen for sale so far that would've been 8 inches, would be nice to be able to find one but I don't have that luxury.
